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Underdog 'Argo' continues on charmed Oscar path
Some years, Academy Awards voters just want to feel right about themselves, their industry, their country. And maybe honor one of their own who hasn't ...
'Argo,' Lawrence, Day-Lewis win at SAG
The CIA thriller "Argo" continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild ...
Assange: WikiLeaks film script leaked to WikiLeaks
If you're making a movie about WikiLeaks, this is the kind of thing you probably see coming. Julian Assange says he has obtained a leaked copy of the ...
Are Hollywood awards by gender out of touch?
Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women — a singular kind of affirmative action — to snare one of ...
Sundance doc adds new take on hunt for bin Laden
The filmmaker behind an Osama bin Laden documentary at the Sundance Film Festival says the debate over the accuracy of Hollywood's take on the story ...
Women win equal time in Sundance drama competition
For the first time, the Sundance Film Festival could do a boy-girl, boy-girl seating arrangement of directors in its U.S. dramatic competition — and ...
Will torture questions hurt 'ZDT's Oscar chances?
A few weeks ago, "Zero Dark Thirty" seemed well on its way to capturing the Academy Award for best picture. It was winning early critic awards and ...
Co-hosts Fey and Poehler prove big Globes winners
It was elegant, eloquent, genteel and classy. Wait — that was "Downton Abbey," airing Sunday night on another network. On NBC, it was "The 70th Annual ...
'Argo,' 'Les Mis' win at Golden Globes
Ben Affleck got some vindication and Jodie Foster made a revelation at the Golden Globe Awards. Affleck's "Argo" earned him best motion picture drama ...
SHOW BITS: It's after-party time
Show Bits brings you the 70th annual Golden Globes awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available ...
'Argo,' 'Les Miserables' win best-pic Globes
"Argo" is in big with the Golden Globes, but not so much with the Academy Awards. "Lincoln" is sitting pretty with the Oscars but was mostly left out ...
Affleck wins best director Globe for 'Argo'
Ben Affleck has won the Golden Globe for best director for his film "Argo." The other nominees Sunday night were Quentin Tarantino ("Django ...
Golden Globe nominees celebrate at tea party
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jon Bon Jovi, Hugh Jackman and other Golden Globe nominees celebrated their good fortune with a cup of tea.
Spielberg's in at Oscars, Bigelow, Affleck are out
Steven Spielberg had a great day at the Academy Awards nominations, where his Civil War saga "Lincoln" led with 12 nominations. It was not so great ...
Oscar snubs: Musical chairs in the director's seat
In this year's Oscar nominations, the director's seat was the hot seat. In the now heavily analyzed awards season, unequivocal snubs have become less ...
'Lincoln' leads race for British Academy Awards
Historical biopic "Lincoln" leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with 10 nominations including best picture and best actor — but ...
Nominations for British Academy Film Awards
Nominees in major categories for the British Academy Film Awards, announced Wednesday: —Film: "Argo," ''Les Miserables," "Life Of Pi," ''Lincoln," ...
Spielberg earns 11th Directors Guild nomination
Steven Spielberg has extended his domination at the Directors Guild of America Awards, earning a nomination Tuesday for his Civil War epic "Lincoln" ...
In bite-sized roles, Gandolfini ubiquitous again
In the five years since "The Sopranos" ended, James Gandolfini has eschewed the spotlight, instead disappearing into a heap of character actor ...
'Hobbit' extends No. 1 journey with $36.7 million
Tiny hobbit Bilbo Baggins is running circles around some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" took ...
Senators write Sony, criticize 'Zero Dark Thirty'
The movie "Zero Dark Thirty" is misleading and "grossly inaccurate" in its suggestion that torture produced the tip that led the U.S. military to find ...
Jessica Chastain: 'I want to do it all'
"I want to do everything!" Jessica Chastain is getting animated. Even though she's managed to pack more films into an 18-month period than would seem ...
AP critics pick the year's best movies
The top 10 films of 2012, according to AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire: 1. "Argo" — Directing just his third feature, Ben Affleck has come up with a ...
'Medal of Honor' meets 'Zero Dark Thirty'
For anyone who's ever played a knuckle-bitingly tense matchup in a first-person military shooter like "Call of Duty" or "Medal of Honor," the final ...